Shalom
Shalom is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 96 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 960.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021106 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1947
- 3,540people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,362 boys have been named Shalom in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 106 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 31%.
Shalom is used for both sexes: 33% of its bearers are girls (1,178), most of them born around 2017.
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Shalom was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Shalom
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shimonpeak 2024
- Avrahampeak 2023
- Shlomopeak 2024
- Samirpeak 2023
- Yehudapeak 2024
- Yitzchokpeak 2024
- Yosefpeak 2024
- Ilanpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.